Rating: Half-Full

Cast: Danial Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofer, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph,  Beyonce Knowles-Carter and James Earl Jones

Director: Jon Favreau

Writer: Jeff Nathanson

Based on: the 1994 film by Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton

Producers: Jon Favreau, Karen Gilchrist and Jeffrey Silver

Music by: Hans Zimmer

Rated: PG for sequences of violence and peril, and some thematic elements

Release Date: 07/19/19

Favorite Character: Scar

Tagline: The King has Returned.

Quote: “Run away Simba and never return!”- Scar

Fun Facts: There is not a single human in the film and everything is computer generated.

James Earl Jones, Hans Zimmer, Elton John and Tim Rice all have worked on both the original and the 2019 version.

Music producer for the film, Pharrell Williams is forced to be Seth Rogen’s vocal coach and said his singing is so bad it had Williams banging his head on the wall.

Summary: A young cub runs off after a tragedy strikes, and learns what it takes to be king.

The Review: Even with outstanding visual effects, it still did not capture the spirit of the original.

Rating: Full

Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper and Ross Anderson

Director: Alexandre Aja

Writers: Michael and Shawn Rasmussen

Producers: Alexandre Aja, Craig J. Flores and Sam Raimi

Music by: Max Aruj and Steffen Thum

Rated: R for bloody creature violence, and brief language

Release Date: 07/12/19

Favorite Character: Haley Kellar

Tagline: If the Storm doesn’t get you…they will

Quote: “We can defeat those pea-brained lizard shits.”- Dave Kellar

Fun Fact: The film was based off a true story from Hurricane Florence.

Summary: During a category 5 hurricane, a woman must fight the alligators in order for her and her father to survive the storm.

The Review: The Syfy like flick has some thrills that Syfy films doesn’t so is there anything else wrong with the film? Nothing (besides cgi alligators being a little too cgi).

Rating: Full

Cast: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran and Kate McKinnon

Director: Dany Boyle

Writers: Jack Barth, Mackenzie Crook and Richard Curtis

Producers: Bernie Bellew, Tim Bevan, Danny Boyle, Richard Curtis, Eric Fellner and Matthew James Wilkinson

Music by: Danial Pemberton

Rated: PG-13 for suggestive content and language

Release Date: 06/28/19

Favorite Character: Jack Malik

Tagline: Yesterday, everyone knew the Beatles. Today, only Jack remembers their songs. He’s about to become a very big deal.

Quote: “I’ve been waiting half my life for you to wake up and love me.”- Ellie Appleton

Fun Facts: John Lennon was played by Robert Carlyle in an uncredited role.

Chris Martin was originally going to take a role instead of Ed Sheeran.

Summary: A struggling musician gets hit by the bus during a blackout, then wakes up in the world without the Beatles.

The Review: Creative and charming but sadly not best enough for overflowing.

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale,  Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Ally Maki, Jay Hernandez, Lori Allen and Joan Cusack

Director: Josh Cooley

Writers: Josh Cooley, Stephany Folsom, Martin Hynes, Rashida Jones, Valerie LaPointe, John Lasseter, Will McCormack, Andrew Stanton

Producers: Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera

Music by: Randy Newman

Rated: G

Release Date: 06/21/19

Favorite Characters: Duck and Bunny

Tagline: Get Ready to Hit the Road

Quote: “There’s Only One Forky.”- Bonnie

Fun Facts: Because Don Rickles (the voice of Mr. Potato Head) passed away in 2017, the studio used his old recordings for the film.

The Antique store is full of easter eggs, can you find them all?

At the beginning of the film, there is a license plate that said ‘RMR F97’ the code that deleted ‘Toy Story 2.’

Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key sang a 20 minute song for the film, but only 5 seconds of it made it to the film.

Summary: When a spork ‘Forky’ joins the gang, the toys take a road trip with their owner and it soon turns into the adventure.

The Review: Smart and Amazing finale that concludes the franchise.